{"id":10708,"date":"2020-06-18T14:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/?p=10708"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:00:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:00:39","slug":"release-news-media-alliance-releases-new-white-paper-outlining-googles-dominant-market-behavior-harming-of-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/release-news-media-alliance-releases-new-white-paper-outlining-googles-dominant-market-behavior-harming-of-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Alliance Releases New White Paper Outlining Google\u2019s Dominant Market Behavior, Harming of Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Submitted to Department of Justice to Inform Investigation of Google\u2019s Anticompetitive Behavior<\/em><\/h2>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Arlington, VA \u2013 Today, the News Media Alliance released a White Paper, \u201cHow Google Abuses Its Position as a Market Dominant Platform to Strong-Arm News Publishers and Hurt Journalism<\/a><\/span>.\u201d The Alliance has submitted<\/a><\/span> the White Paper to the Department of Justice (DOJ) as they proceed with an investigation of Google\u2019s anticompetitive behavior.<\/p>\n

The White Paper, which is based on more than a year of interviews and consultations with many Alliance members about their experiences with Google products, outlines several of the ways in which Google uses news content to its advantage across its products and services.\u00a0The use of news content through AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages), Google Discover, and the Google News app, as well as Search becoming more of a \u201cwalled garden\u201d in which publishers and consumers are increasingly forced or encouraged to stay, has been systematically making use of news content to enhance Google\u2019s bottom line.\u00a0In exchange, because there is little bargaining power, news publishers are not receiving fair value for quality content.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe leading copyright cases concerning search engines and aggregators are over a decade old and the precedent they created no longer reflects the realities of the modern online ecosystem,\u201d stated Alliance Senior Vice President and General Counsel Danielle Coffey. \u201cDespite the fact that the digital marketplace has changed and many of Google’s uses of news content may not be fair use under the current circumstances, there remains little bargaining power with Google and, as a result, news publishers must consent to these practically unlimited uses by Google without compensation, regardless of the strength of our copyright protections.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on the conclusions reached in the White Paper, recommendations from the Alliance include:<\/p>\n